Child&#39;s seat.



A. E. SCOTT.

CHILD'S SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. 191a.

Patented July 25, 1916.

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-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN E. soccer, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

cnILn's SEAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it l'mown that I, ALLEN E. Sco'rr, citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of Cali--fornia, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in ChildrensSeats, whereof produce a collapsible seat of the class described,likewise to produce one which shall be cheap to manufacture and simpleto operate.

The invention comprises two side frames, each provided with a hook tohook over the back of an ordinary chair. Each of said frames is made ofa single piece of wire and comprises a back portion, an arm portion andseat portion, an upright and a brace portion. These side frames areconnected by two cross-bars adapted to hold them apart or permit thembeing folded together. The seat proper and the back are formed of fabricsecured upon the proper portions of the frames. An adjustable tray ismounted upon forward extensions of the arm portions and secured theretoby thumb buttons.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawing I have illustrated my inventionin what I consider its best form, and in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveelevation showing the device in position upon the back of a chair andready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective side elevation showing the devicefolded and the tray removed. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the fastening ofthe tray to a frame.

In these figures: 1 represents the back of an ordinary chair upon whichthe frames of the device are hung. Each frame is made of wire bent asfollows: Beginning at one end 2 the wire is formed into an eye and thenextends forward sufiiciently to accommodate the body of the child andthe tray in front of him, thus forming the arm portion 3 and itscontinuation to the point 1. From the point 4 the wire doubled uponitself extends backward to the point 5 where it turns downward formingthe front upright 6 at the lower end of which it is re curved in theloop 7 and extends back forming the seat portion 8 at the rear of whichit is again recurved at the loop 9 and ex- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 6, 1913. Serial No. 793,634.

tends upward and is formed into a hook 10.

At the point of the hookthe wire is bent doubly and returns to the point11 where it loops around the back upright and then extends obliquely inthe brace 12 to the point 13 where it forms an eye about the frontupright 6 where it terminates.

The initial eye 2 embraces the back upright and thus the whole frameforms a very stiff but easily made and substantial structure.

To each of the loops 9 there is pivoted by a wire eye 14 a bar 15. Thetwo bars 15 are connected by pivot 16 and one of the bars may beprovided with a'notch 17, and the other with a lug 18, which engageforminga rule joint or toggle.

A bar 19 is pivotally mounted upon one of the front uprights 6 andadapted to engage the upright of the opposite frame by' a notch 20 atits end, and rest upon the seat portion 8.

A seat 21 formed of fabric is secured to the seat portion 8 of the wireframes and is provided with a front flap 22 extending over the bar 19and hanging down the front of it. Another piece of fabric 23 is securedto the back uprightsof the frames to form the back of the seat.

When it is desired to use the device the. two side frames are drawnapart until the toggle bars 15 are straightened and held by the rulejoint between them. This stretches the seat 21 and the back 23. Thefront bar 19 is now sprung-into the position shown in Fig. 1, thuskeeping the frame separated at the front. The front tray is then appliedto the arms and the device is hung upon a chair ready for the child.

To stow the device away the tray is removed, the front bar 19 disengagedfrom the frame portion at its notched end swung around to the positionshown in Fig. 2. The

improvements in the art to which it appertains, let it be understoodthatI do not wish to be limited to the exact construction and arrangement ofthe several parts composing the same, as many changes can be madewithout departing from the spirit thereof, but

and returned on itself and continued forward and downward and connectedto the front standard thereby forming a brace.

2. In a seat frame for a childs seat formed'of a single piece of wire,an arm portion extending forward from the back to the front, therereturned on itself to form a table supporting portion and turned down toform the front standard, thence back to magma form the seat rail, thenceupward to form the back standard, bent into a hook at the upper end ofsaid standard and returned down on itself and therefrom outwardly toengage the front standard.

3. In a seat frame for a childs seat formed of a single piece of wire,an arm portion attached to a back standard and extending forwardtherefrom to the front, there returned on itself to form a projectingdouble arm portion for supporting and holding a table, and turned downto form the front standard, thence looping back to form the seat railand a support for a front holding bar,

thence looping upward to form the baok standard and a support for a backholding bar and bent into a hook at the upper end of said standard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my hand in thepresence of 40 witnesses, this first day of October, 1913.

- EN E. SCUT'I. Witnesses Josnrn RosENTHAL,

- K. L. MoCRAoKnN.

